Short description:

The Third Edition presents seamless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behaviour while at the same time offering a realist's guide to management that captures the complexity of organizational life, its central themes and debates, in an accessible and entertaining way.

Long description:

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Now in its Third Edition, this unique and highly esteemed text goes from strength to strength, continuing to offer:

• seamless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behaviour


• a realist's guide to management capturing the complex life of organizations (the paradoxical, emotional, insecure, self-confident, responsible, irresponsible) and delivers the key themes and debates in an accessible way


• interactive, instructive (and fun) learning aids and features, both in the text and on the Companion Website


• an attractive, easily navigable, full-colour text design


• a guide to further reading including hand-selected journal articles, many of which are available on the Companion Website.

As well as cutting-edge content and features, the Third Edition now includes:

• clearer, more concise exposition of all you need to know about organizations


• expanded coverage of public-sector, informal and non-profit organizations


• additional discussion of international cultures


• revised case studies to cater for readers across the world at all levels of knowledge and experience


• a revisited Companion Website with longer case studies.

Over the last seven years, more and more students and tutors have been won over by Managing and Organizations' coverage, wisdom and insight, and this new edition is a yet more essential guide to negotiating and understanding the bustling and complex life of organizations.

Visit the Companion Website at www.sagepub.co.uk/managingandorganizations3



To watch Tyrone Pitsis talk about the new edition of Managing and Organizations - click here.

In the last 6 months or so I have discovered the text-book Managing & Organisations, and I have been completely amazed by it! This book has been acting as my 'go-to' guide, my conceptual map, my point of reference, and my starting point on an uncountable number of areas. It is of course understood that most textbooks are incapable of providing depth of knowledge, particularly when considering the amount needed to satisfy Ph.D. criteria. However, this text is an exception. But the greatest remark I can make of it is that it is such fun to read. I have actually found myself immersed in topics that otherwise are of no concern to my current research
James Cunningham
PhD Candidate, Queen Margaret University

Table of Contents:

PART ONE: MANAGING PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS
Managing Individuals
Managing Teams and Groups
Managing Leading, Coaching and Motivating
Managing Human Resources
Managing Cultures
PART TWO: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE
Managing Power, Politics and Decision-Making in Organizations
Managing Communications
Managing Knowledge and Learning
Managing Innovation and Change
Managing Sustainability
Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
PART THREE: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES
Managing One Best Way?
Managing Bureaucracy
Managing Organizational Design
Managing Globalization